As AI adoption accelerates, its demand for energy, water, and critical minerals is surging, creating environmental and social challenges. Sahit Muja explores the material costs of AI and calls for sustainable, responsible innovation.

Forbes: AI Booms, So Does Demand For Water, Power And Minerals: Sahit Muja in Forbes: How Responsible AI Can Drive a Greener, Smarter Future

Sahit Muja Featured on Forbes: A Reflection on AI, Resources, and Responsibility

Today, I am honored to share that my latest article is live on Forbes.

For decades, I have worked at the intersection of resource extraction, technology, and environmental stewardship. In this piece, I explore a dimension of artificial intelligence that is often overlooked: the physical, material, and ecological footprint of the digital revolution.

AI is frequently imagined as weightless, ethereal, and “in the cloud,” removed from tangible impact. Yet behind every algorithm, every query, every model, there are real-world costs: water drawn from fragile watersheds, energy consumed from grids still reliant on fossil fuels, rare minerals mined from delicate ecosystems, and land reshaped to accommodate sprawling data centers.

As AI accelerates and permeates every aspect of society, the question we must ask is not simply how intelligent we can make machines, but how responsibly we can build them. True innovation and sustainability must progress hand in hand. Smarter AI is not merely faster, bigger, or more powerful—it is AI that respects the natural world that sustains us all.

I invite you to read the piece and reflect on what it truly takes to power our digital future. The Earth is the original infrastructure, and its wisdom must guide our creativity, our technology, and our ambition.

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